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Professor Wellstone goes to Washington : the inside story of a grassroots U.S. Senate campaign / Dennis J. McGrath and Dane Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGrath, Dennis J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--Minnesota--History--20th century.
- Elections.
- Minnesota--Politics and government--1951-.
- Minnesota.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1990.
- United States.
- Wellstone, Paul David.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This engaging account of Wellstone's campaign, written by two political reporters, provides a behind-the-scenes look at a memorable chapter in U.S. Senate campaign history, which saw a liberal college professor become the only Senate challenger to unseat an incumbent in 1990.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DREAMS AND SCHEMES: Looking to 1990 Crashing the Party; 2 FINDING A HOME ON THE RANGE: Russian Roots Political Awakening To Minnesota Locking Up the Range; 3 SHAPING THE AGENDA: Campaign Themes Critiquing the Eighties; 4 MUSTERING THE CREW: First Campaign Manager The Perfect Volunteer Second Campaign Manager Focusing on the Caucuses; 5 FERTILIZING THE GRASS ROOTS: Dialing for Delegates Passing the Hat Squaring Off with the Suits; 6 EARNING THE ENDORSEMENT: Converting the Kaplans Labor Rallies An Anxious Hierarchy
- 7 HANDLERS AND AD MEN: Third Campaign Manager The Professionals The Ad Man The Primary Fourth Campaign Manager8 WASHINGTON WOES: Cattle Call Begging in Georgetown; 9 THE SMELL OF MONEY: The Boschwitz Machine PAC Problems Debating the Debates Looking for Rudy; 10 CRAZY BOUNCES: The Swimming Pool Round Two ""Ruddy: Zillion"" The Ticket Leader Goes Down; 11 HAND TO HAND COMBAT: Gang Warfare Boschwitz Bites Back Good Luck on Tuesday; 12 OVER THE TOP: A Turd in the Pool The Verdict; EPILOGUE
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8675-0
- OCLC:
- 476093781
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